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From: techwr-l-bounces+ccardimon=m-s-g -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+ccardimon=m-s-g -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Michael West
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 4:25 PM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Has anyone noticed...
>years and years ago, i had a manager who insisted
> on calling the 2 tech writers "documentalists".
>Made me crazier than I already was at the time.
>jan
"Documentalist" has been around longer than most people on this list (as
have I), and has a respectable pedigree in engineering and research. But it
isn't the same as technical writer or communicator.
"Tech writer" is fine but has connotations of a nameless shape who sits in
the corner and does weird stuff. And, I think, deservedly so.
Me, I'm hiring technical communicators to help me build our corporate
knowledge base -- because what I expect from them is not "writing", but
communication.
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